Govt will spend more to reform healthcare

The country's healthcare reforms, which aims to provide basic medical services to all, will increase the government's responsibility and contribution, Minister of Health Chen Zhu said yesterday.

In a report on medical care and public health system reforms submitted to the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee at its current session, Chen said: "The government should play a leading role in providing medical care and public health service."

And the central and local governments should "significantly" increase their contributions in the health sector.